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G. WILKEN.

(No Model.)

TOY PISTOL,-

Patented Dem-27, 1887.

INVENTOR W/ TNE SSE 8 ATTORNEYS N. PETERS, Phalmhthcgnpher, Wishingiun,D- Cv UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE WILKEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOY PISTOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,589, dated December27, 1887.

Application filed May 10, 1887. SeriaLNo. 237,743. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WILKEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Toy Pistols, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of toy pistols which have, insimulation of the real article, cylinders at the sides in imitation ofthe revolving cylinders of a real pistol or revolver. The cylinder,instead of being closed up, as is now the casein all toy pistols of thiskind, I make accessible, so that the interior can be reached, therebyforming a magazine for the reception of the caps that are to be used insaid pistol; or the magazine may be used for other purposes. Themagazineis made wholly fire-proof-i. e., completely isolated from theexploding cap-as will be described. On the left-hand side of the pistol,preferably, I make an opening in the side of the cylinder and provide itwith a door or other suitable covering, which may be made removable bythe means of slides and grooves formed on the edges of the cylinders; orit may be hinged or pivoted to the side, so as to allow it to swing toone side, so that the entrance may be had to the magazine in which thecaps or other articles are placed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, Figure 1 of said drawings serves to illustrate myinvent-ion and represents a toy pistol with my invention applied. Fig. 2is a sectional view on the line X X, Fig. 1.

A is the body of the pistol, and B the barrel, S representing the stockor handle.

0 represents the cylinder of the pistol, which is hollowed for thepurpose of forming a chamber, R; and G, the portion of the said cylinderwhich forms the door or other covering closing the only opening throughwhich access may be had to said chamber. As I have hereinbefore setforth, this door, which forms a part of the cylinder, may be pivoted tothe body of the pistol, or it may be hinged so that it will swing back,or it may be swiveled thereto in any suitable manner. I have shown it inconnec- E upon the body of the pistol. The door or covering may be madeof any suitable material, and may be cast with the body of the pistol,or it may be made of tin and inserted after the casting. I also placethe opening to the fire-proof chamber or receptacle R preferably uponthe left-hand side, as it is more convenient to the operator of thepistol. This precise arrangement, however, is not essential to myinvention.

The trigger is shown at T, and the cavity for holding the cap to beexploded at K. I

The chamber It is closed excepting the single I opening through whichthe caps are inserted and removed. By closed is here meant that there isno opening at the rear of the chamber by which it is placed incommunication with the cavity or nipple which the caps occupy whenfired, or by which it is placed in communication with the case orchamber which contains thefiring mechanism. v In other words, thechamber is completely isolated from the cap being fired and also fromthe firing mechanism. The purpose of this chamber is to receive theloose caps, and it is manifest that if it were not isolated from thefiring mechanism the caps would be pinched between the moving parts andthe whole contents of the chamber exploded. The same would result if thechamber were not completely isolated from the cap being fired.

' I am aware of Patent No. 238,596, granted on the 8th of March, 1881,to H. Klassert, and do not claim as my invention anything therein shownor described. The chamber shown in said patent is not closed, within themeaning of the term as employed by me. The chamber of the Klassertdevice is totally unfit for holding loose ca'ps-i. 6., caps which aresepa-' rate from each other-for the reason that it is not isolated fromthe firing mechanism or the cap being fired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A toy pistol having a closed chamber situated between the barrel andhandle, the said chamber being closed with the exception of a singleopening for the insertion and removal of the caps, and completelyisolated from the cap being exploded, and a cover for closing the saidopening, substantially as set forth.

2. Atoy pistol having the handle S, the firing mechanism situatedtherein, the cavity K, for the reception of the cap to be fired, thebarrel B, the chamber R, situated between the barrel and handle, closedwith the exception of a single opening for the insertion and removal ofthe caps, and completely isolated from the cavity K, and also from thefiring mechanism, and the cover 0, for closing the opening which affordsaccess to the interior of the chamber, substantially as set forth.

3'. A toy pistol having the handle S, the cavity K, for the reception ofthe cap to be fired,

the barrel B, the cylinder 0, situated between the barrel and thehandle, and having the chamber R completely isolated from the cavity K,and the opening aftording access to the said chamber, the lugs E, formedon the cylinder, and the slide 0, for covering the opening in thecylinder, provided with slides D, engaging the lugs. E, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

GEO. WVILKEN. \Vitnesses:

HERBERT KNIGHT, FRANK A. BAKER.

